LotR1-FotR-Seq07

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Originally Posted by Tuor of Gondolin

No doubt PJ thought it was adorable having a moth wander by, but some sort of book rationale for (Gwaihir?) coming by would have been more consistent (perhaps a picture of Agent Elrond asking him to look for Gandalf).

My assumption is that if the Eagle were to show up initially, then Gandalf would have hopped a flight out of Isengard before we got to learn more about Saruman and the machinations of Orthanc. A bird may have been a better choice, but as we have the evil crebain showing up later, that might have been a bit too confusing (good and evil birds?).

Remember that PJ endeavors to keep the story moving (pace) and simple.